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What is a digraph?

• A silent letter
• Two letters that make one sound
• A blend of vowels
• A three-letter cluster
• A suffix

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Which of the following is an example of a CVC word?

• shoe
• bring
• cat
• train
• desk

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What is the term for a letter or group of letters at the beginning of a word that changes its meaning?

• Root
• Suffix
• Prefix
• Inflectional ending
• Digraph

What is the final sound in the word "fish"?

• /s/
• /sh/
• /f/
• /h/
• /i/

Which of the following is an r-controlled vowel?

• ai
• ar
• ee
• ou
• oy

What is an onset in phonics?

• The vowel in a syllable
• The initial consonant(s) in a syllable
• The ending sound of a syllable
• The final consonant cluster
• A silent letter

Which phonics approach focuses on teaching letter-sound relationships explicitly?

• Whole language
• Synthetic phonics
• Balanced literacy
• Guided reading
• Structural analysis

What is a schwa sound?

• A long vowel sound
• A silent letter
• The short "uh" sound in unstressed syllables
• A consonant blend
• A digraph

Which word contains a consonant blend?

• ship
• stop
• teach
• ride
• coat

What is a diphthong?

• Two vowels that make separate sounds
• A vowel sound that glides within one syllable
• A silent vowel sound
• A short vowel sound
• A final consonant cluster